Hyderabad State

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Hyderabad State, also referred to as the Nizam's Dominions was the largest of the Princely states. Not a part of British India, it was ruled by a Nizam (a hereditary position) from 1724 to 1948.

The state had borders with the Madras Presidency to the south, the Bombay Presidency to the west and Berar and the Central Provinces to the north. Its capital was the city of Hyderabad.

Records

British Library Records

Baptisms,Marriages and Burials-Indian (Princely) States 1890-1946, N/5.

Books

List of inscriptions on tombs or monuments in H.E.H. the Nizam's dominions :with biographical notes by O.S. Crofton.. Hyderabad, Published under the authority of His Exalted Highness the Nizam's Govt., 1941. Available at the British Library.
This India List thread gives the names of the cemeteries in 1939, probably taken from the previous book.

LDS Microfilms

A keyword search in the LDS Library Catalogue for Hyderabad shows entries

External links

Historical books online